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【LeetCode】 1046. Last Stone Weight

Description

We have a collection of stones, each stone has a positive integer weight.

Each turn, we choose the two heaviest stones and smash them together. Suppose the stones have weights x and y with x <= y. The result of this smash is:

If x == y, both stones are totally destroyed;
If x != y, the stone of weight x is totally destroyed, and the stone of weight y has new weight y-x.
At the end, there is at most 1 stone left. Return the weight of this stone (or 0 if there are no stones left.)

Note:
1 <= stones.length <= 30
1 <= stones[i] <= 1000

我們有一堆石頭,每顆石頭都有一個正整數代表它的重量。

每一回合,我們選兩顆最大的石頭並讓它們相撞。假設那兩顆石頭的重量分別為x和y且x <= y,那麼相撞後的結果會是:

如果x == y,兩顆石頭都完全粉碎。
如果x != y,重量為x的石頭會完全粉碎,而重量為y的石頭重量會改為y - x。
最後只剩下一顆石頭時,回傳那顆石頭的重量(如果沒有剩下石頭就回傳0)。

提示:
1 <= stones.length <= 30
1 <= stones[i] <= 1000

Example:

Example 1:

Input: [2,7,4,1,8,1]
Output: 1
Explanation: 
We combine 7 and 8 to get 1 so the array converts to [2,4,1,1,1] then,
we combine 2 and 4 to get 2 so the array converts to [2,1,1,1] then,
we combine 2 and 1 to get 1 so the array converts to [1,1,1] then,
we combine 1 and 1 to get 0 so the array converts to [1] then that's the value of last stone.

Solution

  • 作法很直覺,找到最大的兩顆,相撞,直到剩一顆。
  • 找最大的兩顆可以跑一次迴圈就完成,也可以用排序來找。
  • 使用排序可以確保最大的一定在最前面兩個,但因為相撞完之後都要再排序一次,因此超級慢。
  • 比較快的方法是直接找最大值和次大值,C++裡面有max_element可以使用。

  • 有看到該題目有提到可以用heap,感覺也是很聰明的方法,不過這邊就沒有做了。

Code

  • 版本一
class Solution { public: int lastStoneWeight(vector<int>& stones) { while(stones.size() > 1) { sort(stones.rbegin(), stones.rend()); stones.push_back(abs(stones[0] - stones[1])); stones.erase(stones.begin(), stones.begin() + 2); } if(stones.empty()) return 0; return stones[0]; } };
  • 版本二
class Solution { public: int lastStoneWeight(vector<int>& stones) { while(stones.size() > 1) { auto it1 = max_element(stones.begin(), stones.end()); int r = *it1; stones.erase(it1); auto it2 = max_element(stones.begin(), stones.end()); r -= *it2; stones.erase(it2); stones.push_back(r); } if(stones.empty()) return 0; return stones[0]; } };
tags: LeetCode C++